News: Category Archives: University of California

GeoLinks Recognized with CENIC Corporate Partnership Award

CENIC is recognizing GeoLinks for their understanding of the importance of high-speed broadband for California research and education communities, and their strategy for reaching those with limited or no access to broadband due remote locations and challenging terrain using fixed wireless technology.

Project Connecting Hyades Supercomputer Cluster with NERSC Recognized with CENIC Innovations Award

The project to connect UCSC’s Hyades Supercomputer Cluster with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center is being awarded the CENIC 2018 Innovations Award for Research Applications for its facilitation of astronomy research and data sharing.

Founders Circle Award Honors Technology Leaders for their Roles in Creating CENIC

CENIC seeks to honor early members of the board of directors, CENIC employees, and designers of the original CalREN network for their crucial contributions to CENIC in its formative years.

Technology Projects to Combat California Wildfires Are Recognized

WIFIRE, HPWREN, and AlertTahoe Awarded the 2018 Innovations in Networking Award for Experimental Applications. These three projects are being recognized for their work to bring advanced IT and telecommunications to the fight to contain California wildfires: the WIFIRE, HPWREN, and AlertTahoe. Project leaders being recognized are Ilkay Altintas, John Graham, Graham Kent, and Frank Vernon.

NSF Project Sets Up First Machine Learning Cyberinfrastructure – CHASE-CI

The National Science Foundation has issued a $1 million grant to Larry Smarr, director of Calit2, and his colleagues to create a community cyberinfrastructure in support of machine learning research.

Wide-Area Visualization Environment (WAVE) System at UC Merced Awarded the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award

The Wide-Area Visualization Environment (WAVE) at UC Merced is one of many projects enabled by the Pacific Research Platform. This massive display, consisting of twenty 4k resolution screens, provides student and faculty researchers at UC Merced to work with the cutting-edge of virtual reality hardware. WAVE is an exciting example of a tool that can reduce the gap between data collection and interpretation and the dissemination of that data to researchers and the public.

Tom DeFanti Awarded Innovations In Networking Award for Outstanding Individual Contributions

In recognition of his work to develop next generation networks, advance the mission of Calit2, and shape collaborations across organizations, CENIC recognizes Tom DeFanti, an internationally recognized pioneer in visualization and virtual reality technologies at Calit2, University of California San Diego, as the recipient of the 2017 Innovations in Networking Award for Outstanding Individual Contributions.

CENIC and UC ANR Press Release

The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Division (UC ANR) and the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) have connected key UC ANR facilities to CENIC’s ultra-fast 100Gbps research and education network, extending ultra-broadband capacity to UC researchers in rural sites across California.

City of Los Angeles to tap into CENIC'S CalREN, California's High-Speed Research Internet Backbone

As the first large city government to join CENIC, California’s ultra-fast 100Gbps research and education network, Los Angeles will build stronger digital connections to California's innovators, researchers, educators, and students.

The Levantine and Cyber-Archeology Lab Awarded CENIC’s 2016 Innovations in Networking Award for Rese

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The Levantine and Cyber-Archeology Lab at UC San Diego, led by Professor Thomas Levy, has been selected by the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) as a recipient of the 2016 Innovations in Networking Award for Research Applications.